[Tikievents] Robert Drasnin performing live, Les Baxter, etc, etc

[Otto <otto@tikinews.com>]

Title: Robert Drasnin performing live, Les Baxter, etc, etc

Les Baxter music live and Robert Drasnin to perform in Tucson!!

November 3rd at 7:30PM

University of Arizona School of Music's Crowder Hall in Tucson, Arizona.

The concert will be divided into 2 parts. The first part will include selections from Les Baxter's Tamboo and The Sacred Idol. The second part will feature Bob Drasnin in a performance of selections from Voodoo 1 and Voodoo 2.

The group is called the Archive Ensemble and is under the direction of Keith Pawlak. Keith will conduct the first half and Bob will conduct the second half.

 
* General Admission: $9.00
* Senior/UA Employee: $7.00
* UA Student: $5.00


To anyone seriously interested in Exotica this is the show to be at.

Cheers and Mahalo,
Jeff Chenault 

for more info contact:

keithp@email.arizona.edu

Keith Pawlak heads up an archive that includes Les Baxter and Nelson Riddle

http://web.cfa.arizona.edu/lesbaxter/

That's not all

Robert Drasnin is soon to be inducted to the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame!

http://www.wvmusichalloffame.com/RDrasnin.html

http://www.wvmusichalloffame.com/homepage.html

Thursday, Nov 6

Cultural Center Theater, 1427 Lee Street, Charleston, West Virginia 25301

304-342-4412

Tickets $38, VIP tickets $250

It will be broadcast "live" on PBS in WV. If you live there please tape it!

http://www.wvpubcast.org/newsarticle.aspx?id=3920

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Ben Kaplan wrote to let us know

painter of Blue Lady dies:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/06/arts/design/06tretchikoff.html?_r=2&oref=slogin

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Original Surf Music legend (turned hippie, now Tiki fan) Merrell Fankhauser (The Impacts)

Has a new video out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i09KSy6ninI

CD sales donated to Iowa & Gulf Coast flood relief.

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The exhibit was a year ago but the website is very cool and the catalog and video are still available

http://www.honoluluacademy.org/ossipoff/

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